USA Routs Barbados

USA 8, BARBADOS 0

CARSON, California (Ticker) -- Clint Dempsey scored 54 seconds into the contest as the United States men's national team set the tone and cruised to an 8-0 triumph over Barbados on Sunday in the first leg of a two-match qualifying series for the 2010 World Cup. Dempsey tallied again in the 63rd minute, but by that time the Americans held a 5-0 advantage and were thoroughly outclassing Barbados, which entered the contest tied for 121st in the FIFA rankings. Houston Dynamo striker Brian Ching scored two goals, Landon Donovan added his 36th career tally in international competition and Michael Bradley and Eddie Johnson also scored for the United States, which tied its highest-scoring output in history. The Americans also scored eight goals in a victory over the Cayman Islands on November 14, 1993.